Da Vinci Center CEO leaving for Michigan museum

Troy A. Thrash will head the Air Zoo museum in Michigan.

Da Vinci Science Center Executive Director and CEO Troy A. Thrash is leaving for a new post at the helm of the Air Zoo museum near Kalamazoo, Mich.

The Allentown-based Da Vinci Science Center announced Thrash's departure Wednesday. He'll be replaced on an interim basis by MaryAnn Woods Przekurat, the museum's director of finance and human resources, beginning on Jan. 24.

Thrash took over as CEO of the DaVinci Science center in March 2009 at a salary of $114,921.

The Air Zoo museum features a variety of aviation-themed exhibits, including a 3D Space Shuttle ride, disc golf course and flying circus biplane ride.

Przekurat has been with DaVinci since February 2012. She has worked as a school principal and teacher of science, mathematics and technology for more than 20 years and holds a principal's certificate, an MBA from Lehigh University and a master's degree in finance from the University of Iowa.

The museum's trustees have already begun the search for a new CEO, said Frank K. Schweighardt, chairman of the board of trustees, in a statement released by the museum.